8-year-old girl raped in Basti of UP

Basti (Uttar Pradesh) (India), September 13 (ANI): An eight-year-old girl was raped in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.

According to information provided by Basti Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashish Srivastava, the police received a call from a resident of Dubulia police station at six in the evening on Sunday.

“The person complained that his eight-year-old daughter was allegedly raped by her neighbor. We immediately rushed to the scene and took the girl to a women’s clinic for treatment,” he said.

Srivastava said the girl’s condition is stable.

The SP further said that according to the police, the accused was a 16-year-old and a distant relative of the victim.

“A case has been registered under Section 376 of the IPC and POSCO Act. We are looking for the accused and will conduct further investigation after arresting him,” he added. (ANI)